the -- there is a 4.8% tax, an additional 0.9% on your medicare tax. when does that, if you combine it, it is almost 5% increase without reversing of the bush tax cut. >> it is a substantial tax increase. >> for people like us with substantial incomes. >> i am the tax cut. the part of that i would endorse is the increase in the medicare tax. it is on pleasant and it is unpalatable. that is step one. >> what will the average person pay for their medicare tax a month for how long and when to get the 0.9% added? >> it is a good question. >> is added after one to $25,000? >> i think it is added after $200,000, or $250,000. i am not sure. right now, the medicare taxes 1.45% on all of your salary income. it would go to 2.35%. >> both sides talk about the $750 billion savings. [laughter] who is right? >> we had both become incredibly frustrated. it has to do with the way this is talked about in washington. it has nothing to do with what real people talk about with real money in their lives. the current projection is medicare spending would increase by hundred